REGINA A 30-year-old Regina man is facing charges after a single vehicle crash that seriously injured a passenger. Police said that early Saturday morning the vehicle was exiting the Regina Bypass at Ninth Avenue North at a high speed. The vehicle hit a guardrail and light post, which damaged the vehicle and caused serious injuries to the passenger. The passenger, also a 30-year-old man was taken to hospital. The driver was arrested at the scene. The driver is charged with dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm. He will appear in court on Aug. 26.
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REGINA A local barber is out of work for two weeks after he said he did everything by the book, but it still wasn’t enough to protect him from self-isolation after a COVID-19 exposure. Randy Huhtala is stuck spending his days away from the barber shop he works at after he trimmed the beard of a customer that later found out they were exposed to COVID-19. Huhtala was wearing all the PPE required for a barber, but had to remove the customer’s mask in order to trim their facial hair. For contact identification, the government uses a period of 15 cumulative minutes over 24 hours to distinguish between brief and prolonged exposure.
REGINA Two Regina doctors are painting a grim picture of the reality inside COVID-19 ICUs as Saskatchewan’s capital city continues to report record intensive care admissions. COVID-19 patients young and old are filling up intensive care beds in both of Regina’s hospitals. We’re seeing younger individuals, people with no medical history or medical comorbidities, families being admitted together, families of essential workers and essential workers, Dr. Eric Sy, a critical care physician at Regina’s General Hospital, told CTV News. The rise is being fuelled mostly by 31 patients in Regina ICUs. Dr. Sy said the situation has worsened over the past two to three weeks as case numbers in the Queen City started to rise.
REGINA With 1,117 active COVID-19 cases in the Regina zone, the city is inching closer to breaking its active case record of 1,179 set in December. With the increase in cases, the Ministry of Health is providing more details on isolation requirements for close contacts of COVID-19 variants of concern. The surge in Regina – fuelled by the highly transmissible variants – has resulted in active outbreaks at schools, grocery stores, daycares, nail salons and various workplaces around the city. Here is when – and how – the Ministry of Health requires people to self-isolate: People who are COVID-positive must self-isolate for at least 10 days.